Re: installing Oracle 8.1.6 Enterprise Edition on Linux RedHat 7.0.94

In article <97ksm4$10os$1_at_oak.rt.ru>, "The Saint Nimnul !" <stnimnul_at_mail.ru> wrote:

I've ran dbassist on server and it stops at 80%. I'v let the damn thing work for more than 12 hours!!! Thing is I''m a bit sick of Oracle on RedHat. I'm installing a Win2k server and that's it. I'll wait for a newer version of Oracle that won't ask you to downgrade our beloved glibc!!! Developers should be more attentive when they hack into their Oracle products. Open-source RuleZ, as usual, and __everything__ or almost, closed-source _______SUCKS_______.

Thanks for your help.

> runInstaller usually stops (without errors) if you not perform
> preinstallation tasks (see installation guide for your platform). I have
> installed Oracle 8.1.7 (later 8.1.6) on my Linux 7.0 Mandrake. It's
> fine. If you not have CD-ROM you my transfer installation files on your
> computer through network with FTP, NFS or other.
>
> Faust Tanasescu <faust.tanasescu_at_toughguy.net> ÐÉÛÅÔ ×
> ÓÏÏÂÝÅÎÉÉ:UDdn6.4975$zi6.95085_at_newscontent-01.sprint.ca...
>> Hi.
>>
>> I have two machines available both running RedHat's 7.0.94 Fisher
>> pre-reelase. On on of the computers, I've successfully installed
>> Oracle
>> 8i server and enerything worked like a charm. Well a bit slow, but it
>> worket. On the second computer, however, I do not have CD-ROM drive so
>> I mounted the installation CDROM through NFS. I've setup everything as
>> usual, but the runInstall script mysteriously stops working. Actually
>> it seems to run into memory and takes up the whole CPU time The shell
>> I've launched runInstall from tells me it's installing JRE, and that's
>> all. no window appears like on the other computer.
>>
>> What I want to do is install Oracle 8i client so I can learn PL/SQL on
>> the computer without a CDrom drive. Can somebody __please__ tell me
>> what's wrong? On the server (the one with a CDrom drive, I have error
>> 30: somethin glike it can't access a ressource.
>>
>> Thanks in advance to all that reply.
>>
>> PS. I'm pretty much of a newbie in ORACLE...
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